Atlas

Tremendously spacious, very stable and completely modular, the Atlas is the ideal big-group tent for any situation.

Tent Profile

With its remarkably easy-to-pitch free standing design, multiple poles and exceptionally strong Kerlon SP outer tent fabric, the Atlas is the ideal base camp tent for large groups. It excels above tree line in the most extreme conditions, where its great static strength is capable of handling heavy snow loading. It is just as suited to below tree line situations, however, since its modular construction allows for a high degree of customization to any and all weather and terrain conditions.

Who uses the Atlas?

We originally designed and built the Atlas for polar scientists who wanted a mobile research station, and it has been used with great success by South Pole research teams for six years. Now generally available, it will appeal to large backcountry groups of all types, from mountaineering expeditions needing a highly reliable, spacious base camp tent to outdoor programs looking for large, easily portable spaces for sleeping and group gathering.

Why Choose The Atlas?

Large groups tents that are very strong, relatively light, and easy to pitch are difficult to find. The Atlas is all these things and more, since it is also totally modular.

§ The Atlas’ Dome design is fully free standing, and its Dome design offers exceptional snow-load handling.

§ Thanks to an innovative combination of both our pole sleeves and our short sleeve and clip systems, the Atlas can be pitched by a single person.

§ Kerlon SP outer tent fabric – which has a minimum tear strength of 15 kilos – and 11 mm poles with multiple crossing points make for an exceptionally stable tent with outstanding snow-load handling capability.

§ The Atlas will accommodate double poling, which is an excellent practice when using the tent for a base camp in exposed terrain in extreme conditions.

§ It sleeps eight comfortably and weighs only 9.2 kg/20 lbs 5 oz in its Basic version. It also boasts a full 205 cm/81 in interior height.

§ Multiple guy line points – including those on the vent covers – afford even greater stability, especially as many of the guy line attachment loops are designed to be wrapped around poles or pole crossing points.

§ Its modular design let you use only the outer with vent cover (Atlas Basic), or add the inner tent and/or floor. The floor itself can be configured to cover the entire floor space, or only half if you wish to have a kind of mud room area on one side and a sleeping area on the other. It can also be arranged with an open aisle down the middle. The optional vestibule adds more space and storage options, and the optional Connector links multiple Atlas tents into a very space efficient “tent city.”

§ The Atlas ventilation works in all conditions, as there are two fully adjustable roof vents in the outer tent – and matching ones in the optional inner tent – both of which are accessible from inside the tent. There is also a rectangular mesh panel at the base of the outer tent door covered by a zipper-adjustable fabric panel. In addition, half of the inner tent door has a no-see-um mesh panel covered with an equal sized, zipper-adjustable fabric panel for greater venting and weather-protection options. A separate vent cover ensures that the weather stays on the outside.

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